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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome on Echocardiogram (A4C)
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: Intrapulmonary shunting is most commonly demonstrated by contrast TTE when
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome on Echocardiogram ... demonstrated by contrast ... visualized in the left ... atrium within 3 ... bubble #shunting #hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... , 88% spec • Contrast-enhanced ... Microbubbles appear in left ... cycles after right atrial ... #treatment #hepatology
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
from right to left ... • ElA ratio << 1 ... • ElA ratio > 1 ... Differentiating #PAH #PVH #Echocardiogram ... #comparison #diagnosis
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... features - Classic triad ... Varicocele(left) ... abdominal CT scan with contrast ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
lung disease, left ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management ... #hepatology
Clinic, Home, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements - Strengths and Weaknesses
(via https://twitter.com/JACCJournals/status/1088104323354185730 )

Clinic Measurements:
• BP measured
Blood Pressure Measurements ... large outcome trials ... precise as only 1 ... Home #Ambulatory #Management ... #PrimaryCare #Comparison
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Effect in Right Atrium ... Differential Diagnosis 1. ... ASD or PFO with left ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram ... on this saline contrast ... 1. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
characterized by a triad ... of: 1) chronic ... dilatations - contrast-enhanced ... and reach the left ... cirrhosis #diagnosis #hepatology